Symbio Group Appoints Dr. I-Hung Li as Chief Knowledge Officer

Expands Focus on Innovation and Knowledge Management


ROCKVILLE, MD and BEIJING--(Marketwire - September 2, 2008) - The Symbio Group ("Symbio") (www.symbio-group.com), a leading provider of outsourced software development based in China, announced today that Dr. I-Hung Li was appointed Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO). Prior to this position, Dr. Li was Symbio's Chief Technology Officer.

Symbio is one of the first companies worldwide with a Chief Knowledge Officer and is the first China-based software outsourcing firm with this executive position. As CKO, Dr. Li will develop an overall framework that guides learning and knowledge management at Symbio, including processes to facilitate the creation of organizational learning, and encouraging individual learning and innovative thinking.

"Knowledge and learning are core values at Symbio," said Jacob Hsu, Symbio's CEO. "Dr. Li is the ideal executive for this position as he embodies the characteristics of a CKO, including conceptual thinking, advocacy, mentorship, people management and thought leadership. He will lead Symbio in helping to make innovation, learning and knowledge an even more important part of our business."

In addition, Dr. Li leads the Symbio EMBA management training program that includes courses on personnel management, project management, managing diversity in China and leadership for Symbio managers.

About Symbio

Symbio leverages outsourcing teams in Greater China to help companies become global leaders. It enables organizations accelerate their software development and testing cycles by optimal application of its global resources and delivery models. Symbio also localizes and supports technology products for any language or locale. Founded in 1994 by a group of engineers from IBM's international research and development labs in Asia, Symbio now functions as a cost-effective and highly efficient extension of an organization's development, testing and globalization teams. Symbio's clients are among the world's elite companies including: AOL, BMC, CA, Citigroup, EMC, FileNet, IBM, MasterCard, Mercedes Benz, Microsoft, Nokia, Oracle, Palm, Sony, as well as more than 300 other leading organizations.

For further information on Symbio, please visit www.symbio-group.com, call 408-694-9601, or email marketing@symbio-group.com.

Contact Information: For more media information, contact: Lisa Hendrickson LCH Communications for Symbio Group 516-767-8390